Yearly Archives: 2015

The Official Red Book – A Guide Book of United States Coins – is 68 years young and going strong. Collectors around the country love the convenience of the spiralbound edition. It opens up and lies flat on a table while you study your coin collection. And of course it includes all the grade-by-grade values,…

The rarest Buffalo Nickel is a mint error! It was caused by a worker punching an “8” over the “7” on a reused 1917 die. This resulted in both numbers being visible on the coin. The error was not discovered by collectors until 1931, so most of the coins made it into circulation. Uncirculated pieces…

A Buffalo Nickel with three legs? For over three generations, the 1937-D Buffalo Nickel “three legger” has fascinated collectors and the public alike.1937d-3-legged-buffalo-nickel Caused by the results of an improper attempt to repair a damaged die, many escaped into circulation before inspectors at the Denver Mint caught the error. The coins’ outstanding feature is the…

TWO KEY BUFFALO NICKELS The rarest Buffalo Nickel is a mint error! It was caused by a worker punching an “8” over the “7” on a reused 1917 die. This resulted in both numbers being visible on the coin. The error was not discovered by collectors until 1931, so most of the coins made it…

Junk Silver: The Ultimate Guide for Buyers, Sellers, and Investors First let’s start with why anyone would want to buy junk silver. Based on our definition, Junk Silver is really just a word-phrase coined by investors to describe a circulated silver coin, but has no value other than the silver metal used to…